Militants lob grenade at police camp in J-K’s Shopian

The grenade exploded in the compound of the police camp but no damage was caused.

Militants on Saturday hurled a grenade at a camp of Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Special Operations Group in Shopian district but it exploded in the compound without causing any damage, the police said.

Army soldiers conduct a patrol during an operation against suspected rebels in Turkwangam Lassipora in Shopian on May 4. (AFP File Photo)

Militants hurled the grenade on Special Operations Group camp in Imam Sahib area of Shopian this afternoon, a police official said.

He said the grenade exploded near a boundary wall inside the compound.

No damage was caused by the explosion, the official said.